The assessment
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Market position
The data
DC-coupled battery
Stores DC energy and relies on system power electronics outside the battery product for household AC.
- Product role
- The published battery record covers the storage stack, controller and stated capacity range.
- Published range
- 3.8 kWh
- Phase
- Not recorded
- Backup boundary
- Installation-specific
Capacity guarantee: minimum retained at year 10
No year-by-year capacity schedule is published for this product - the manufacturer guarantees only this end-of-term minimum, not a specific decline curve. Capacity figure based on the sourced usable capacity of the base configuration; modular systems scale with additional modules.
Verification & sources
Market context
Global evidencechange in the site menu
Global benchmark. This scorecard is benchmarked globally. A global score does not imply local availability, certification, warranty coverage, or installer compatibility.
Benchmark anchor. The score and displayed range remain inside the exact source and market boundary recorded by the 13 August 2026 sprint. Scored model: LiFe4838P · checked 2026-08-13. Evidence.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-13
Strong evidence coverage
14 of 14 scored criteria link directly to a published source.
Values marked estimated, derived, or not found remain visible on the audit sheet and do not carry the same evidential weight as a linked source. Coverage measures direct links, not an independent guarantee that a claim is correct.
Record revision. LiFe4838P specification V9.3 dated 2025-04-08; installation and operation manual V3.1 dated 2025-03-25; warranty statement V1.3 dated 2026-03-18; Approval Watch source au-cec-battery-2026-08-10-155701760bf5
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary10-year product warranty →
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- Usable capacity (kWh)Manufacturer ↗
Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots.
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- AU market evidence checked
- Australian certification source identity verified
- Series benchmark evidence checked
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
Australian approval history
Exact source-register changes recorded since monitoring began. These events do not change the global product score.
- The approved-product source recorded a changed expiry. Exact source model: LiFe4838P. View change record
A register event does not establish availability, warranty coverage, compatibility, network acceptance, or installation suitability.
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LiFe4838P scores 62, placing 37 of 60 in the Performance & Value class against a class average of 64.0. Its strongest scoring dimension is capacity & usability (91), running 7.5 points above the class average on this dimension. Energy Ecosystem scores 40, the lowest pillar for this product. The class average on energy ecosystem is 49. Key specifications: LFP, 96% round-trip efficiency, 3.22 kW continuous output.